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PLANT PROTECTOR .original Filed June 5. 1934 2 Sheetsheet X ltorney CSI o parts through Patented eb.- 22,v 1938 UNITED vSTAT-12s PATENT. ori-"Ici:

Henry Hansal King', West Palm Beach, Fla.

Reiled for abandoned application Serial No. 729,141, June 5, 1934. This application June 25, 1936, Serial No.^87,327. Renewed September 8', 1937 5 claims. (c1. 41-28) f This invention relates to a plant protector, the general object of the invention being to provide a body member formed of transparent material and having its bottom open so that the member can be placed around a plant, with a covering of cheesecloth or the like for the upper end of the body member, whereby the plant is protected from frost, heavy rains, hail and winds.

Another object of the invention is to so form the body member that anumber of them can be nested together sothat they can be easily transported from place to place and will occupy but little space when stored.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby a number of the devices can be placed together in a row to cover a row of plants.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated inthe accomjpanying drawings and speciiically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding out the several views, and in sheet has. its edges overlapping the upper end of the member-and is held in place by a band or string 4 of any suitable material.

In that form ofthe invention shown in Figures 4 and 5, the body member l' tapers upwardly from its lower end and then curves inwardly, as

upper part of the body member tapers upwardly, as shown at 6. The cover 3 encloses the small upper end of the device and is held in place by the band or string 4. v

It will be seen that in both forms-of the device, a number ofthe devices can be nested together so that transportation and storage are facilii ated, and that when the .device is in use, as shown in Figure 2, the rays of the sun can passthrough -the body member to act upon the plant or the seeds and the device, with its cover, will protect the plant from frost, h'ard rains, Wind andhail, so that the seeds or plants can be planted much earlier than when the devices are` not used, which results in an earlier crop. Frost collecting on the cover will be melted by the sun rays and the resultant moisture will dropintothe dirt at the bottom of the device and heavy rain will be formed into a mist by the cover member and thus which: this mist will moisten the ground covered by the Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of the in.; device. The cover member also permits a suiiivention. cient amount of air to pass to the plant to en- Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1, and showing the device in use.

Figure 3 is atop plan view.

Figure 4 is an elevation showing a modiiied form of the invention.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of this form of the invention. p

Figure 6 is a view showing a number of elongated members placed together to cover a row of pla-nts.

Figure 7 is an elevation, with parts in section, showing one of these elongated members.

Figure 8 is a section on line 8-8 of Figure 7.'

Figure 9 is a transverse sectional view through a further modication.

Referring to Figures 1, 2, and 3, the numeral l indicates the body of the device which is formed of glass, celluloid or other transparent material and has both ends open and the device tapers downwardly so that a number of the members can be nested together to facilitate transportation and storage. The device is placed over a plant, as shown in Figure 2, with its lower end partly extending into the hill of dirt in whichv the plant cemented or otherwise attached to the strips I0 grows and the top of the member is closed by a and Il, or if they are ofglass, they can be held in sheet 3 of cheeseclth, canvas or the like. This place by small hooks or the like struck from the able it to grow.` i

Wherever necessary or desired, av wire frame may be used to support the member l, this frame including the longitudinal wires 'lv and the ringshaped wires 8, the lower ends of the wires 1 projecting beyond the lower end of the member l so that they will extend into the ground and thus help to hold the device in place.

Figures v'l and 8 show another form .of the invention, which is of elongated form and is composed of t-he U-shaped frame 9 formed of wire mesh and having the metal strips I0 connected to the lower ends of the limbs thereof, with the strips projecting beyond the frame, so that these strips can penetrate the ground, as shown in Figure 8, and other metal strips Hare connected to the upper ends of the limbs while strips l2 are connected to the edgesA of. the top part of the frame. If desired, these parts l2 may be formed integral with the parts H and bent over the top of the frame, as shown. Sheets I3 of transparent material cover the sides of the device and ifthese sheets are of celluloid or the like, they may be shown at 5, and from this curved portion, the

, device and is held in place by the small hooks I5 and 8, one side of the frame may be covered with connected with the strips l2.

Figure 9 shows another modification in which the frame and the parts attached thereto form an inverted V-shaped member l and either in this form of the device or that shown in Figures 7 fabric, asshown at I1 in Figure 9, which is connected with the `metal strips by the hooks Il, while the other side is covered by a transparent member. 'I'hus the'cold side of the device can be covered by a transparent member, whilethe side which is not exposed to the winds, but is exposed to the sun, can be covered by a fabric. 'I'he device sho'wn in Figure 8 or, that shown in l Figure 9, slightly tapers from one end to the or small stove placed therein, so that the heat.

produced will be retained in the row of devices and thus the device will act as a small hothouse. As will be seen, the framecomposed of the wires 1 and 8 shown inFigures 1, 2, and 4, and the U-shaped frame 9 shown in Figures 'l and 8, and composed of the wire mesh and metal strips, both constitute an openwork frame for 'supporting the covering material and permitting air to reach the plants covered by the device, when such material is porous.

What is claimed isrl. A plant protector comprising a wire frame of substantially inverted U-shape, metalstrips connected to the lo'wer ends of the frame for penetrating the ground, metal strips connected to the upper corners of the frame, transparent sheets connected to the strips and covering the strips.` A fabric cover H covers the top of the sides of the mme, ne fabric covering the top of the-` frame and connected with the metal strips.

2. A'plant protector comprising a wire frame of substantially inverted U-shape. metal 'strips connected to the lower ends of the frame for penetrating the'ground, metal strips connected 'lower end of the frame, whereby said lower end of the frame may be forced into the ground andV porous fabric vcovering the upper end ofthe body for permitting moisture to Venter tle body while preventing frost and heavy rain from-injuring the plants covered by the protector.

4. A plant protector comprising a body mem- `ber having its sides formed of transparent material and said member having a fiat top formed vof porous material, whereby moisture can enter the top obthe frame but frostand heavy rain are prevented from-injuring the plant covered by the protector and an openwork frame reinforcing the body member and having its ends projecting from the bottom thereof, whereby the lower end of the frame canbe forced into the ground.

5. A plant protector comprising a wire frame having a substantially flat top, a metal strip' connected to the lower\end of the frame. a metal strip connected to thel top of the frame, transparent material connected to the side walls of the frame and terminating\short of the lower edge of the lower strip and porous material covering the top of the frame.

' HENRY HANSAL DING. 

